Mastersball writer Todd Zola, a Tout Wars and LABR veteran, tackles important fantasy baseball questions with help from industry professionals, including KFFL scribes.

Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Roundtable examines topics in rotisserie, head-to-head and many other fantasy baseball leagues each week. Waiver wire strategy, player scouting information, game theory, trend analysis - Lord Zola and friends will tend to all your fantasy baseball team's needs.

Want to join the discussion or suggest a topic? E-mail Lord Zola at lordzola@kffl.com or catch previews for topics on Facebook and Twitter!

2012 Fantasy Baseball Roundtable with Todd Zola, of MastersBall.com

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: How trade talks develop (05/23)
  

  Differences of opinion heat up discussion about how to handle a trade offer, which, as Lord Zola points out, is how dialogue can - and sometimes must - go.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Handling hot starts, like Bryan LaHair's (05/16)
  

  Lord Zola was curious: Would a fantasy baseball player rather have LaHair or one of these well-known batters the rest of the way ... and why?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Closer chaos (05/09)
  

  In 2012, the rate of closers succumbing to injury or poor performance seems to be rampant. Lord Zola and the knights have plenty to discuss about the recent movement and strategy on the whole for the saves category.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Trades, vetoes and keeper leagues (04/30)
  

  The Zen Master bought Albert Pujols with one thing in mind. What's the best way to go about it? What do you want in a trade? What will you give up?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Early-season pitching observations (04/23)
  

  The Knights didn't want to jump to conclusions last week, but that doesn't mean they haven't seen some things from certain pitchers that have piqued their interest. Lord Zola notes important details in analyzing pitcher velocity.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Preseason prognistications in review (04/16)
  

  Industry experts weigh in about their preseason evaluations and potential mistakes with the benefit of hindsight from watching early-season play.

• Chance Favors the Prepared Fantasy Baseball Mind: Troy Tulowitzki and Scarcity (04/11)
  

  In Lord Zola's follow-up to this week's Fantasy Baseball Roundtable, he explains the concept of scarcity and how some rotisserie players misunderstand the application of strategies to account for it.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Defining scarcity (04/09)
  

  Lord Zola traveled to the realm of his fellow Tout Warriors to find the holy grail of scarcity in fantasy baseball. Was there much rejoicing in his findings?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Early-season roster management (04/02)
  

  How much tinkering should you do in the first few weeks? The knights talk categories, injuries and more to help you with your early-season roster management.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Spring training impressions (03/26)
  

  Delmon Young's solid spring has many buying on a breakout year in 2012. Who are some of the studs and duds of spring training that you should monitor in your drafts?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Predicting MLB awards (03/12)
  

  Lord Zola commands his knights to predict the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for the AL and NL, and puts the exercise in a fantasy baseball scope.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Spring training watch lists (03/05)
  

  Brandon Belt is one of the most popular names the knights are monitoring as spring games kick off. Will the warriors reveal their other secrets? One way to find out....

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Player A or Player B? (02/27)
  

  Ichiro Suzuki, or the San Diego Padres' center fielder? Max Scherzer, or Jeremy Hellickson? Neil Walker, or Jason Kipnis? Dexter Fowler, or Alex Rios? Matt Cain, or C.J. Wilson? Plenty of answers.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Tout Wars rules change (02/20)
  

  The Roundtable boasts some competitors in Tout Wars, including KFFL's Nick and Tim. Lord Zola's crew jousts over whether the addition of a "Swingman" is the right idea and what the league's role is in the fantasy baseball realm.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: How fantasy baseball players should prepare (02/13)
  

  Seasons change, and with them, so does the focus of fantasy sports games and fans. We're just days away from Major League Baseball's spring training. What are the most important things for rotisserie managers to do to prepare for drafts?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Mock draft strategy (02/06)
  

  Lord Zola questions his knights about the responsibility of industry mock drafters: Should they explore different strategies or honor their normal method of putting together a team?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Drafting Ryan Braun (01/30)
  

  Are Lord Zola's knights rushing off to draft Ryan Braun? Will the status of his suspension affect your draft table?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Michael Pineda's change in value (01/23)
  

  Lord Zola asks his faithful to ponder: How has the rotisserie ranking of the New York Yankees' new pitcher changed? There's no easy answer, as the debaters soon find out.

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Overvalued first-rounders? (01/16)
  

  Lord Zola wastes no time in getting to the heart of a serious matter with his roto knights: Is there anyone that most others consider a first-round pick that you will be avoiding?

• Fantasy Baseball Roundtable: Lord Zola assembles his knights (01/09)
  

  Lord Zola introduces the Fantasy Baseball Roundtable that starts next week. For now, he gives some of his initial thoughts on the 2012 draft landscape, including so

2011 Fantasy Baseball Mailbag with Todd Zola, of MastersBall.com

Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: 2011's Top C, OF, SP and RP (10/31)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: 2011's Top 10 1B, 2B, 3B and SS (10/24)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: 2011's Top 50: 25 to 1 (10/17)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: 2011's Top 50: 50 to 26 (10/10)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Lord Zola's 2012 Top 15 (10/03)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Honorable mentions for 2012 Top 15 (09/26)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Pickups for saves and starts, plus Indians DHs (09/12)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Gio Gonzalez, Fausto Carmona, Ted Lilly? Angels in outfield? (09/05)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Choosing spot starters, gaining in ratio categories (08/22)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Replacing Brandon Phillips, Jose Reyes, and trading Roy Halladay (08/08)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: MLB trade deadline effects (08/01)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Carlos Guillen vs. Jason Kipnis, vetoing trades (07/25)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Brian Roberts, Adam Dunn, more (07/18)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Trade Lance Berkman ... for Kevin Youkilis, or Adrian Beltre? (07/11)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Michael Young for Jaime Garcia, more (07/04)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Replacing Shin-Soo Choo, Delmon Young, Jose Tabata (06/27)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Debating who to sell, searching for steals (06/20)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Long-term 1B, Ichiro, more (06/13)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Claiming top prospects, more (06/06)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Alexi Ogando, John Danks, Juan Miranda (05/30)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Jose Bautista soapbox, more (05/23)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Mark Reynolds, punting saves (05/16)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Jimmy Rollins, Hanley Ramirez (05/09)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Ryan Dempster, trading (05/02)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: Daisuke Matsuzaka, more (04/25)
Fantasy Baseball Early Season Tips (04/20)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag: MLB Draft, more (04/18)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (04/11)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (03/28)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (03/21)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (03/14)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (03/07)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (02/28)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (02/21)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (02/14)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (02/07)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (01/31)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (01/24)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (01/17)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (01/10)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (01/03)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (12/27)
Lord Zola's Fantasy Baseball Mailbag (12/20)

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